Robert E. Bolen

Young inventor Robert E. Bolen earned a BS in Business Administration from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Administration in 2020. He created his first invention, the Button Helper assistive dressing device in 2013, while still a teenager in high school. His first patent, for a twist-lock button, was granted in 2017. He has since earned three additional patents (2017-18), with two more applications pending (2021, 2024). A winner of the 2020 Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize, in 2021 he partnered with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to further develop and redesign the Button Helper. In addition to the VA, Bolen has cultivated partnerships with organization such as... more.

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